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- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
regularly explore together: (1) Who is your primary customer? Have you organized your company to deliver maximum value to that customer? (2) How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees, and customers? Is everyone in your company committed to those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
felt incredibly passionate about the work and strongly believed in its impact, I also began to observe the risks, limitations, and skewed incentives foreign aid creates within local governments. I began taking a longer-term view of the... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
perceived "seller's market," says Jim Heskett. As we select and train future leaders for all levels of our organizations, how much effort do we really spend assessing executive intelligence as opposed to personality and style? What's to Be Done About View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
officer, chief financial officer, and a senior staff executive) had final authority. This promised a far shorter deliberation process than was typical of the Innovation Board in the second period. 39 The intention of XTV was to align Xerox's View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 01 Oct 2020
- What Do You Think?
Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?
leverage have to include large institutional investors. I was reminded of this when I read of David Swenson’s recent message to organizations managing Yale’s money under Swenson’s highly successful supervision. He told them that their View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
Working PapersThe Performance of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts Authors:Jerry Cao and Josh Lerner Abstract Reverse leveraged buyouts (RLBOs) have received increased public scrutiny but attracted little systematic study. We collect a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
natural gas strategy to the water and broadband businesses, the unprofitable international power development strategy, the perverse financial incentives for executives, the aggressive use of mark-to-market accounting, the View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 01 Dec 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?
As he says, "Linking management fees/rewards to fund performance would be very attractive to investors: Who can argue with shared ambition?" The importance of these questions lies in the heavy reliance that so many people deep... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
My Summer as a Venture Capitalist
table, helping define the economics of the investment, and performing due diligence. I had no prior experience, but they gave me a shot, and I learned on the fly. It was empowering to be included in everything I had hoped to see. Later... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
opportunities. While most of the IRA takes the form of incentives and tax credits, there are also some sticks and penalties in it. The most important one is probably the first-of-its-kind fee on methane emissions from the oil and gas... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Shawn A., Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract—This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk assessment and lending... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2003
- Conference Paper
Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction
By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
Macomber, John D. "Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction." Paper presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
line impact fund that was launched in 2016.” Gandhi: “I am a music producer and drummer whose mission is to elevate and celebrate the female voice. I produce music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the world to speak and View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
music producer and drummer whose mission is to elevate and celebrate the female voice. I produce music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the world to speak and perform about these issues.” Tucker: “I’m a... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture capital industry. VC firms are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
incorporate other organizational objectives and managerial interests. For example, tax optimization can be a powerful tool but can also create performance evaluation and incentive problems. Many financial... View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
Publications February 2015 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Karim R. Lakhani, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity
Digital Doctor In recent years, many physicians have put away pen-and-paper and taken up the keyboard or tablet to maintain patient health records. One motivation was the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which allows for $27... View Details